Stansted

Stansted is a key airport hotel market experiencing steady growth, supported by ongoing airport expansion and terminal improvements. Our editorial coverage includes hotel openings, refurbishments, executive appointments, planning applications, and major investment activity. We analyse how infrastructure projects and shifting passenger volumes impact hotel performance, and we report on the operational strategies adopted by general managers to navigate changing demand. For UK hoteliers, Stansted offers insights into managing airport-linked trading conditions and capitalising on opportunities in a competitive sector.

Jun- 2025 -

18 June

Features

Is Green Key accreditation still relevant in an era of changing political tides?

Sustainability has been something that has been put at the forefront of company strategies and new developments for a number of years. This has led to the founding of a number of sustainability accreditations for businesses which wish to show off their hard work such as Green Key and B…
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Sep- 2024 -

12 September

Hotels

Down Hall completes £1.5m renovation

Down Hall in Essex has announced the completion of a £1.5m renovation to its Estate Patio bedrooms and suites, Grand Hall, The Potting Shed dining room, Fox Bar, formal gardens and terrace. The work is part of a continued programme of redevelopment at the 19th-Century Grade II-listed Italianate mansion to…
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Jan- 2023 -

5 January

Opinion

Storytelling through interior design is important for hospitality

When creating a new hospitality concept, be it a hotel, a restaurant or a bar, one of the first questions any designer should ask is: what is the story I’m trying to tell? You should interrogate what you want your customers to feel when they walk through the door, and…
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Jun- 2022 -

14 June

Hotels

Focus Hotels opens Delta Hotels by Marriott Cheshunt

The Delta by Marriott Cheshunt has opened following a multi-million-pound investment from Focus Hotels Management. Following the investment, the 140-bedroom Hertfordshire hotel and conference centre has seen a “significant” refurbishment of bedrooms, meeting rooms and public areas. The site has easy access to the M25 and rail links to London,…
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Sep- 2021 -

21 September

Hotel Brands

AGO Hotels expands into Wales

AGO Hotels, the hybrid lease operator in the UK hotel industry, has announced that it has expanded into Wales by adding two new Welsh hotels to its growing portfolio. The two additions mark the first Welsh hotels to switch to AGO’s hybrid lease which delivers a combination of guaranteed rent…
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Jul- 2021 -

22 July

Hotels

Bishop’s Stortford Ibis hotel opens its doors

A new Ibis budget hotel has opened in Bishop’s Stortford. The site, which will open less than three miles away from the airport terminus. Ibis budget Bishops Stortford (London Stansted Airport), which follows a lease ro AGO Hotels, will reportedly operate elevated hygiene and prevention measures to ensure the safety…
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May- 2021 -

24 May

Hotel Brands

Accor expands UK Ibis Budget network by over a third

Accor has revealed domestic network growth of over a third for its UK Ibis budget hotel network this week following the successful opening of nine hotels with AGO Hotels, an alternative platform for hotel owners and operators. The new hotels, which opened across the UK in the two weeks following…
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Oct- 2017 -

19 October

Property

Hampton by Hilton Stansted Airport sells for £43.8 million

Urban&Civic has announced that it has sold the recently completed Hampton by Hilton hotel at Stansted Airport to LGIM Real Assets (Legal & General) for a minimum consideration of £48.3m. An additional sum of up to £1.1m will be paid to Urban&Civic, depending upon operational performance over the next two…
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Jun- 2017 -

15 June

Hotel Brands

Interstate secures management deal for Hampton by Hilton Stansted

Interstate Europe Hotels & Resorts UK has been awarded the management contract for the Hampton by Hilton Stansted Airport hotel, which is set to open this summer. The Glasgow-based hotel management company currently operates 69 properties in the UK. The firm has taken on the new build which will have…
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14 June

Hotel Brands

Adagio and Novotel sign UK’s first co-owned property

Hotel groups Adagio and Novotel have acquired a new property in Leicester, making it the first combination signing in the UK. Accorhotels, Adagio’s parent company, confirmed the signing of the 250-room property. It has been signed under a franchise agreement with Charles Street Buildings Group, and will be operated by…
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